Bogdan Dzakovic was a 14-year veteran of the Security Division of the

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in the

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and as of 2024, a member of

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. He started off his FAA career as a field agent and

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, then served as a Team Leader in the Air Marshal program. Since 1995, he had served as a Team Leader of the FAA's

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, which conducted undercover tests on airport security through simulated terrorist attacks. Dzakovic testified before the

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, discussing his experience as well as FAA failures that contributed to the

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Fortress of Deceit Book

In 2016, he published a book, '' Fortress of Deceit: the Story of a 9/11 Whistleblower'' , which examines the root cause of the government failures leading up to the attacks, as well as what he sees as its nefarious aftermath which Americans are living through today.

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* Bill Katovsky
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